Suffolk Construction, the contractor for the South Station Air Rights Project, will continue daytime and overnight construction at South Station.
Please allow extra time (5 – 10 minutes) as you get used to new construction zones and paths of travel at the station. Trains might arrive and depart on a different track than what is typical. Be sure to check your track number before boarding.
A gallery of progress on the steel overbuild from December 2021 to December 2023.
ACTIVITY RELATING TO THE OVERBUILD STRUCTURE
The overbuild structure supports the expanded bus terminal and currently covers Tracks 1-13.
Building enclosure work and interior fit out of the overbuild structure continues above the track level.
Crews continue to work at night in the railyard to install support for the platform lighting, PA, and Variable Messaging System, along with electrical conduit between various tracks. This work may modify the paths of travel at the ends of the tracks during overnight hours.
Crews continue to install metal panels in the railyard between the interface of the old and the new overbuild structures as well as between the Tower and the new overbuild structure.
Crews will resume Track Ventilation Duct installation above Tracks 1 & 2 in the upcoming weeks.
TRACK 13 WORK ZONE ACTIVITY
Crews continue metal panel installation, concrete column enclosure work, and platform lighting and PA installation at Track 13. Due to this work, Track 13 is occasionally out of service at night along with minor service impacts during the day.
TOWER WORK ZONE ACTIVITY
In the coming weeks, there will be modifications to the Tower Work Zone area at the ends of Tracks 5, 6, 7 and 8. Paths of travel for pedestrians will be altered in this area.
Graphic showing the modified Tower Work Zone, which will be implemented in the coming weeks.
In the Tower Work Zone, crews continue to construct the tower superstructure and install the glass curtain wall on the exterior of the tower.
Photo taken on December 7, 2023, showing the construction proceeding above the top of the headhouse concourse area.
SUMMER STREET PLAZA ACTIVITY
Work in the Summer Street Plaza continues behind construction barriers. This area serves as the main access point for Tower Work Zone construction. A uniformed police officer is stationed in the area when the gate is in use.
ATLANTIC AVENUE WORK ZONE ACTIVITY
Crews continue to construct the remaining structural steel, components of the building enclosure, spray applied fire proofing, and foundations within the Atlantic Avenue Work Zone.
Eversource is performing work outside the Atlantic Avenue Work Zone during the day, which may modify pedestrian paths around the site.
REMINDERS
Pedestrian travel routes will be maintained at all times and clearly delineated. There will be access to CharlieCard validators used for the Fairmount Line.
Commuters traveling between the South Station Concourse and the South Station Bus Terminal are encouraged to use the Platform A walkway adjacent to Track 1 to bypass the expanded Atlantic Avenue Work Zone.